Hacking Configurable USB Loader

[steve-p]

hmm.
you need an option to stop the loader backing up the system-partition to the hd.
1.1-4 didnt - 1.5 does!

 

[ether2802]

i just tried your loader and there is 1 big problem.
i changed my default cover folder from sd:/usb-loader/covers to sd:/images.
so covers are showing up but my background is not showing up because my background.png is also in sd:/images.

how do i change the default background folder from sd:/usb-loader to sd:/images?
i've tried adding this line (background = sd:/images/background.png) in my config.txt but didn't work.

The background needs to be at SD:/usb-loader , you can't change his location, only the covers location is configurable..!!

QUOTEhmm.
you need an option to stop the loader backing up the system-partition to the hd.
1.1-4 didnt - 1.5 does!

Mean while use your PC to add games so you don't get the UPDATE partition backed up ..!!

 

[dlxowhd]

is there any way to change it?
i really don't need the 'usb-loader' folder on my sd root.

 

[steve-p]

hmm.
you need an option to stop the loader backing up the system-partition to the hd.
1.1-4 didnt - 1.5 does!

Mean while use your PC to add games so you don't get the UPDATE partition backed up ..!!

only problem with that, i'm backing up originals rather than dvd-r's or iso's

 

[punk91288]

Just curious if there's an option to get rid of the box in the console and have only the text showing in black?

I'd like to have only the text showing and not have the transparent part covered up by a big black box... if you get what I mean?

 

[dlxowhd]

another problem...
i didn't change any position or anything, but my menus are cut off..
look at this pic: http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/990/dsc00043wzs.jpg
my option and some other menus are cut off... how do i fix this?

and is there any option to exit to the menu? i only see exiting to homebrew channel menu or rebooting.

 

[punk91288]

another problem...
i didn't change any position or anything, but my menus are cut off..
look at this pic: http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/990/dsc00043wzs.jpg
my option and some other menus are cut off... how do i fix this?

and is there any option to exit to the menu? i only see exiting to homebrew channel menu or rebooting.

Go into the apps folder and then to the usbloader folder. Inside there should be config.txt. It'll look something like this.

CODE# USBLoader config
# lines starting with # are comments
# see README-CFG.txt for help on options

background = background.png
layout = original2
covers = 1
simple = 0
video = auto
ocarina = 0
home = exit

Where it says layout replace it with either original, original2, small, medium, large, large2, large3, ultimate1, ultimate2, or ultimate3 until it looks like it fits properly. I'm pretty sure it's one of the large ones. Hope this helps... I'm kinda a newb to all this.

 

[awsome8]

looks great. will try it out in a sec

 

[oggzee]

Is there any possibility when using simple=1 to allow the confirm_start to still be used and work?
Thanks,
Kizer

In next release.

need and updated background thats 1.5 sorry im a lil ocd

True!

i just tried your loader and there is 1 big problem.
i changed my default cover folder from sd:/usb-loader/covers to sd:/images.
so covers are showing up but my background is not showing up because my background.png is also in sd:/images.

how do i change the default background folder from sd:/usb-loader to sd:/images?
i've tried adding this line (background = sd:/images/background.png) in my config.txt but didn't work.

Ok, since this is requested so much, I'll allow full path names in the next release.
But, titles.txt is still read from usb-loader/titles.txt, I guess I should allow that to change too...

hmm.
you need an option to stop the loader backing up the system-partition to the hd.
1.1-4 didnt - 1.5 does!

Next release.
btw, what are the problems with that?




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QUOTE(punk91288 @ Apr 18 2009, 09:17 AM)

Just curious if there's an option to get rid of the box in the console and have only the text showing in black?
I'd like to have only the text showing and not have the transparent part covered up by a big black box... if you get what I mean?

Not possible at the moment, and I can't promise anything soon.

QUOTE(dlxowhd @ Apr 18 2009, 09:35 AM)

another problem...
i didn't change any position or anything, but my menus are cut off..
look at this pic: (...)
my option and some other menus are cut off... how do i fix this?
and is there any option to exit to the menu? i only see exiting to homebrew channel menu or rebooting.

Yes, change the layout option in config.txt so that it says:

layout = large3

I think the supplied config.txt has a wrong default to use large2, will be fixed in next release.

To exit to system menu use menu = reboot

 

[oggzee]

Here's my feedback for the most current build.

Bugs:
Hide header doesn't work.

Are you sure? I just tried and it works for me.

hide_header=1

 

[steve-p]

hmm.
you need an option to stop the loader backing up the system-partition to the hd.
1.1-4 didnt - 1.5 does!

Next release.
btw, what are the problems with that?

simple,
1 game wasts 170meg of hd space,
100 games waste 17gig!!!
see how fast it can get noticeable!

if it's optional then we can use it when there is something special there, like games with special ios for a microphone,
and disable it for all the old stuff with 1.x > 3.1 updates on em.

 

[kavid]

track it。1

 

[oggzee]

NEW: cfg v12:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/mtelz1zwjvt/...oader_cfg12.zip

Changes:

- fine granularity of simple options:
added options: disable_remove, disable_install, disable_options, disable_format
by default none of this is set.
setting simple=1 will change all of these disable_xxx options and
hide_hddinfo and hide_footer to 1 and confirm_start to 0.
setting simple=0 will do the opposite.
any of the disable_xxx, hide_xxx and confirm_start options can be set individually.

- allow absolute paths for background (like sd:/somedir/myimage.png)
if the specified background is not an absolute path it is searched
in default directory (sd:/usb-loader)

- option: install_partitions = [all], only_game

- minor stuff: background version, fixed default apps/USBLoader/config.txt

 

[steve-p]

thanks for that one - amazing speed!

 

[Dragonsire]

- option: install_partitions = [all], only_game

Can you make this [all], only game, ask

and have it prompt when you click +, to ask if you want to add updates etc, since from what it sounds like Waniniko is likely to implement a fix using disk update partitions etc for some games, this way you dont have to edit config file to install those games that need those partitions

 

[oggzee]

- option: install_partitions = [all], only_game

Can you make this [all], only game, ask

and have it prompt when you click +, to ask if you want to add updates etc, since from what it sounds like Waniniko is likely to implement a fix using disk update partitions etc for some games, this way you dont have to edit config file to install those games that need those partitions

Yes I will do so, i just wanted to get this out fast.

 

[Dragonsire]

No worries here, figured your probably thinking 1-2 steps ahead lol But just throwing it out there just incase.

 

[denpanosekai]

I noticed there are still a lot of references to 1.4, even 1.1 in the v12 package.

Maybe nitpicky but could be confusing as hell to some.

 

[Don Killah]

hi oggzee, just wondering if some of 'your' users ever encountered a bug related to covers not beeing downloaded even if theyr wifi is working.

i used to have this bug and solved it like this:
in gui.c change this:

int Net_Init(char *ip) {

s32 result;

result = net_init();

if (result >= 0)

to this:
QUOTEint Net_Init(char *ip) {

s32 result;

printf("trying to init network.");
while ((result = net_init()) == -EAGAIN)
{
printf(".");
fflush(stdout);
usleep(10 * 1000); //50ms
}

if (result >= 0)

 

[Knocks]

Are you sure? I just tried and it works for me.

hide_header=1

It works. Must have been on my end.

simple,
1 game wasts 170meg of hd space,
100 games waste 17gig!!!
see how fast it can get noticeable!

if it's optional then we can use it when there is something special there, like games with special ios for a microphone,
and disable it for all the old stuff with 1.x > 3.1 updates on em.

The update partitions were always copied, even in the 1.0 version of Waninkoko's loader. The difference is that now it doesn't destroy the original disc TOC, so those partitions are usable. Unfortunately you don't gain any hard drive space by using that option.

QUOTE(oggzee @ Apr 18 2009, 04:40 AM)

But, titles.txt is still read from usb-loader/titles.txt, I guess I should allow that to change too...

Might as well move settings.cfg too then